The Sun. — London, England, 1808-08-19 00:00:00

VVI 4 A.:,a a r JtJ t-, GoTTENatac4r, A. A:report has been cur .- -. rent here to-clay, said to haVe arrived in private tors' from Konigsburih, that Russia - is- about to join France ia-a war against Austiia, and; that a large Russian force is shortly expe6ted in the neighbour hood of Konigsburgh. • ADG: 9.—Captain .Hops, Captain of the ViaorY and of the Fleet, embarked in an extra packet early this morning, with important dispatches from Sir j."l" SAUMARM, for England. He afterwarth left the pack e t an d went on b oar d a gun -brig, 'in hopes of accelerating his passage: Head-quarters, Gralsby, july 27. His Royal Majesty received yesterday the f&low. lug-repo rt from Field Marshal Count KLINGSPOR, dated Head-quarters, New Carleby, the 20th inst. to uching, th e victory obtained by his Majesty's zi niiiii.Ariny, near Lappa, on the 14th inst. over t 6 Enemy's troops, far superior in number : My last report was of the gtb instant, and was ' ; Patolled by Messenger BRO . LIN. Major'FLEANDT I k as si nc e forced to retreat froM Perho and Kockon sari, and to fall back to Dunkas. By this retrograde thovethent the rear of our - army was so much . ex posed, that nothing but a brisk attack on the ene rny's main force, near Lappo, could have warded off the impending danger,. I therefore ordered Major- - General ADLERC4EUTZ to - take the command of the troops assembled near Lower Harma, to attack the enemy, which was done o'n the 14th inst. with so much success, that viaory, although dearly bought, declared. in favoUr of your Majesty's troops. The eddrny has retreated since that action to Salma, and taketi.up there a strong and advantageous position. "t,Betbre the-above Expedition against La.ppo was Undertaken, a Swedish brigade, -with a considerable Park of artillery, marched under the orders of Col. Esstg, frani Sockloth to DtlukA, to- join Major FLeai/Or's corps, and make .a diversion in that quarter ;. but.the enemy's position was found so - strong as to render. an attack in front utterly impos sible.. I accordingly ordered Colonel ESSEN to en deavour to turn the enemy, but before he was able to perform that moviment„ he received intelligence ' that the euerny bad lett.the above position, and was retreating, burning and destroying all the bridges immedilliely after he had passed them. Colonel VON ESSEy i s i n f i ll pursuit of the enemy, and I entertain some hope that this operation will soon force the enemy to quit ,Salt - na, and fall back to I(nortane and Alawi. Colonel SANDALS has re ported from SaWolaic; ihat he detached Major Am:- tiNKIITI. with. five hundred Men in about fifty small iloats to make an attack on nine of the Ene my's Gun-boatt Which had sailed from Kuopio :.al though the objea of t hi s attac k, to take the above t-i tin'boats, could not be attained,. on account of the znerny's superior weight of metal, and the Wind .coMing fon!, yet the Enemy's Gun-boats weretom - pelted to make a,precipitate retreat to Kuopio. " MAURIcE Iti.LINGSPOR, H . Field- Maish:.l and tieneral in Chief of she Army in Finland." " Head-quarters, earlebY, ' July zo, k 808." Hcad.quirien, Cralsby. july 3z. " Ibis ItoyatMajestk, attended by General Baron STEDINcK, and the General Staff, proceeded this _morning at ten O'clock to the spot where the troops - commanded iv MajorLeyeneral Baron VISGESACK‘ *ft".ericarnped. After his. Majesty had passed the llne, he ordered thi troops to form by battalions in close column, and after in open square,' in which J a i vine Service was performed, and the Te Deunt T i ng in celebration of the vialory obtained on the t4th inst. over the Russians, by the Finnish Army. Lord • , 13MEATOWN was on the 25ih inst. presented to the King, and still continues in his .Majesty's 4tead-q uarters ."—(Sto c kh o l m Gazette, Aug. 3.) The Russians, we are sorry to find, still puriue the Savage system of their ancient wars, burning villages, and forcing prisoners into their own service, sending them to the distant extremities of their vast Empire. In the retreat, after their recent defeat by the Swedes at Lappo, they set fire to the village of Leochstade by "way of a diversion, and the prisoners of the garrison of S►eaborg are forcibly sent to serve in the Russian regiments on the frontiers of Turkey. It appears by the accounts presented to the House of Commons relating to the increase and diminution of expence s i n the Public Offices, between the tst of January, 1806, and the tst of January,. 1808, that - t heexpences of the office of the .Commissioners of Military Enquiry were 19161.85. 9d. less during the last year than in 18'06.—In the office of .the Pay- Master-General the total increase in the amount of salaries, &c. in 1807, was 262.51. to which is added, a temporary increase of 17101. Bs. for eleven extra clerks employed in bringing up the arrear account of the Paymaster-General to' 24th of December, 1804. .en increase in the salaries to the Officers under the Auelitor of the Receipt of his Majesty's Exchequer 'llas taken place between the Ist day of, January, 180, And tne Ist day of January, 1808, to the atrlctupt.of. 21101. per ann. pursuant to an establish ment proposed by the Auditor, and approved by the Lords Commissioners of his Majesty's Treasury,. to commence from the sth.of January, 1806.--No in- I crease or diminution has taken place in the number and amount of the salaries, of the rates of emolu ments and fees, or of expences to be borne by the Public, in the offices of the Marquis of BUCICING MII.and Earl CAMDEN, Tellers or the Exchequer; excepting that an allowance of 241: 6s. id. Made by a debenture fro t h the Treasuiy to each Teller, order the provisions of the A6t of thebth of Queen Anne, for the,trouble of his Clerks, in the payment of cer tain zxchequer Annuities forninety-nine years, from 170, create(' by that Aet, and the annual allow- Ouces.. of 261. i as. Sid. and t.f 131. gs. 4d. made also by debentures from the Treasury to each Teller, un ,Oer the provisions of the 2kc't of the 6th of Queen .Lone, for the trouble of his Clerks in the , payment of curtain other Exchequer Annuities tOr ninety-nine years, from 1708, created by the last mentioned ,Aft, ban ceased in consequence of the expiration of those annuities. The salaries of the four 'under Clerics in the Offices of Earl BATHURST, and the eon. W. F. E. EDEN, the other Tellers of the Ex chequer, have been increased, which is the only in crease since 18'06. On Wednesday his - Royal 1-Tighne;s the PRtti cE of • WALES arrived at Carlton-Bowe from Oatlands. OF THE ST. FIORENZO. / • We are indebted for the following anthentic and interest. ing particulars respeCting a late Naval Hero, ;o an 01Ow iti the same'service—one" who as zealously env! '37s his sword in supporting the honour of his Country, as he has thus eierteid his pen in the laudible attempt to do justice to the merit of a departed friend. By the lamented death of this gallant young man, our Country has lost a most deserving Otficer,.and her - Flag is deprived of one of its ablest support, eis ; , conspicuous as are the names upon our' naval list, it would have , been difficult to have selected from it an individual of greater promise, or one who, fUe his standing, was more eminently distinguished. Though allied to foptune, rank, and power,..he owed •to neither the high '.rank he attained, - but nobly foregoing. the -aid -of fortuitous advantages, he reared a splendid edifice of time upen thes proud basis of his own desert. Whilst a boy he served -with the highest credit to him Self, in the batteries of Toulon, and at the different sieges in the Island of Corsica ; 1)e was a•Midshipman on board the Diadem, at the capture. of Le . Ca Ira and Le Censeur, and in the year t 798_, after suffering shipwreck on the Barbary Coast, he' joined Sir . SIDNEY SMITH, on the shores ofSyria, and had the .honour of fighting by his side during the •memorable defence of Acre. On his return from 'thence be was received into LOrdlNELsoN's ship, the Foudroyant, and alter assisting in her ce lebrated battle with Le Gnilleaume Tell, was -pro moted to a Lieutenantcy. At the- commencement of this war we find him commanding the Terror bomb, but as she was near ly destroyed at the bombardment of. Granville, he was appointed to the Scorpion as soon as he return ed into port. In that sloop, upon the coast of Hol land, lie executed one of the boldest enterprizes that ever graced - our naval annals. In conjunction with Captain PELLY, of the. Bea, ver, he, in the depth of winter, and in the midst of a sleet'storrn, carried the ship's boats through an in tricate and dangerous navigation into theVlie Stream, where he boarded the Atalanta,. of . 20 guns, and in . despiteof a desperate resistance bore her out, in .de- fiance of the 'batteries and 'of a large corvette which lay at anchor on the spots', For this daring exploit he, was, to ether with Captain PELt.Y, promoted to' the 'rank of Post-Captain, and the Lords of the Ad- • miralty, to mark their admiration of the aaion, made the First Lieutenant of' the Scorpion a Commander, a circumstance unprecedented •in the usages of the Navy.• Soon after this be quitted his native land never to re-visit it again :he sailed to the East Indies, where during three yearihe exerted himself unceas, ingly for the benefit of his country; there, in one of the most obstinate-and sanguinary confliets upon record, at the post of danger, and in the arms of victory, he terminated an honourable and a glorious hie, without stain, and . without reproach ! HOW beautiful appears the tomb of such an Hero ! In gazing upon it death, losesj all its deformity, and to accomplish a dvstiny •like his, who is there that' would not sacrate a fleeting'andm feverish existence? In private lite he was a sincere friend, a . clutitul son, 'and a most affectionate brother ; in his profession he was bold, adive, and enterprizing, his courage and his capacity,went hand-in-nand, and th:it he had the head to plan he had also the heart to execute. This is a faint, but a faithful, ; it is traced by one who knew him well ; by ei'Le whol loved him. living, and reveres him As he fell at the early age of twenty-Six, it is. li4tonis'uing that he should have lour4l so many - ~p porinilities of distin guishing himself—but his e.!r i?rii - tiant though evanescent, and its course, like that of the shooting meteor, is 'marked by the e - :thdiations which gleam along its track. • The following Extract of ,a Lc:trier-furnishes some additional partictilars with regard to' the conduat of the'French upon their evacuation of Madrid - : GIJON, Aub..B.—On . the•29th, 30th, and 31. st of last month, the French evacuated Madrid; in com pany with their intrusive King JOSEPH NAPOLEAN I. nick-named there, Pepe Cuba*, on account of his being in a state of perpetual intoxication. They . abandoned '3OO pieces of caution, previously' spiked, 30,000 muskets, wetted the powder in the Maga zines, and tied' shamefully with the plunder they could snake. It appeared that Gen. CASTANOS,WhO was coming up, entered, or was to etiter, Madrid' on the 3d of this month, according to the advicei we have received from that place up to the ed. It is reported that the French are marching home, but I doubt tkat they will do it as soon as expected. Howeirer, thing's go on well, .and I hope we shall ere long get rid of these Atheists and banditti, these violators of public I faith, and general usurpers. - I am inclined to believe 1 that the great man, in attempting to'become more so, is dwindling to a smaller size than his person." , - . * The nick name of, Joseph Buonaparte is the following in English—Pepe signifies toe, Cuba a Butt of )Vine—therefore, loe Butt. Nothing can 'shew. the narrowness of BUONA• PARTE'S mind more than his absUrd attempt to keep the Continent in ignorance of the state of affairs in Spain. The news is too acceptable to every country' in Europe, not to travel with rapidity, and to find its way among the most enslaved -nations. • This attempt is even more absurd than his hope to bring Spain into the same state of subjeaion to which he has reduced other countries. Yet there are people who consider BUONAPARTE. as a great man, though, considering the opportunity which he hid of se- - curing himself in' France, by not extending her limits too far, by not exciting the fear and detesta tion of other States, and particularly by preserving a' good understanding with this country, it is evident that he is only formidable on account of his power, but thaChe is intrinsically a wretched politician/and a mean, irritable, silly fellow, who is likcly to sacri fice all his wondeiful advantages, and become the instrument of his own destrudion. The example of Spanish valour will be a great incentive to other nations, and the discoMfitbre of the- Tyrant will forcibly tend to destroy that ; superstition, the off spring of cowardice, which has so long attended his arms, and induced the countries he invaded quietly to submit to their The house of Lord FITZ II 1;1 Spring Garden, was broke open laSt• night, and robbed`{ two boxes 01 plate. • ' ' • , Our 'fashionable visitots began to,drop oT so fdst that the inhabitants Were afraid they shiml.l have but an indifferent season, but wo have receutly re- . ceived such iibundant reinforcanents that they are now again, in' high spirits. But what has part icu larly- enlivened the residentsof this agreeable. place is,, the contradi6tion of the report that the Prince was - about to dispose of the Pavilion. On ,t he contrary, recent purchases have been made, which show that the place is4o redeive further additions and improve ments, and hence it is concluded that it 'Will render the place still more attrataive next season. Lord CRAVIiN and his beautiful Partner. are stilt here, and. they add much to the pleasures of the place. Her, affability, good sense, inct dignified modesty, are the theme of universal esteem and ad _ Miration, and every body rejoices -that she has-been raised to a situation which she is so well fitted to adorn. • The MARLBOROUGH family Mingle in the fashion able entertaintnents more than usual. Our Theatre s well attended. BRUNTON is, adtive, industrious, and liberal. CHARLES KEMBLE and his sprightly wife, have been much admired, and it is hoped that they will betempted to stay here ,longer than they intended. The weather has been uncommonly fine, and con sequently all the world is every day abt oad. Indeed we have people of all sorts here now, and Brighton may now, in its motelrgroups, rival Margate,-and give scope to the 'powers of the caricaturist. By. the bye, we have an artist, here . who comes down for the express purpose of giving a Pit - lure of the Steine, but he is so sly, that hardly any body would have been , apprized of his intentions, if a .sketch of a certain, antiqUated Coquette of high life, whose figure ig_not much calculated for graceful movement, had not been found, and unveiled the artist's intentions. We were informed that the Prince does not return till Oaober, but we have been assured by persons upon whom we rely, that he will cat:lndy, animate ' our circles very soon ►n the next mouth, if not be fore. The Edinburgh Theatre closes on the fifth of next month for the season. it is probable that Mr. Roc will resume the management, as he is popular as an aarir, and Vis shown great liberality in en .gaging the hest Performers that could be obtained in other places. ELLISTON has been very attractive and very 'industrious, as he has played every night some of his most bustling characters.. •• • It is well for Mrs. DfCIiONS that she treaay pos seSses sterling merit as a singer,_ eKe she might be brought into ridicule by those outrageous accounts of her success in Ireland which appear in some of our public Prints: A.fair tribute to merit is always gra tifying to its friends,' but such le-plaistering pane gyric excites nothing but disgust. Miss DUNCAN is engaged to perform at York daring the Races. She is to commence her opera tions to-night as Lcetilia..Hardy, in The _Belle's Stratagem. EMERY had crowded houses every night in that city dining the ASsize week, and Coottz fol- . . lowe,fl him with equal success. • Mrs: SrnpuNs is still upon a visit to Lord and Lady HAacoußTi It is highly probable that the public will . ti . o more be gr . atifred by the exertions of this un- rivalled aft.tss. - YOUNG isso good an a&or, that his talentS may alw , ays . be employed witii advantage ; but as KENIEtE, ,C. X.ESIBLE, and COOKE are at , Covent garden Theatre, it is difficult to conceive what cha raaers will be left for , him, • with all his merits. Mr. SHERIDAN, jun.. it ; is said, has commenced his arrangements as. Manager of Drury-Lane Thea tre, by engaging MisS SNIITH • for that Theatre. — Report, however, says, that she has renewed her ar ticles with the Covent-Gqrden 'Manager, who had the merit of ,first introducing her on the LondOn boards. BANNISTER, whose motto should be Hie, et ulfique, is now at Cheiter with his Budget, which, accord- ing to his Bill of Fare, , was provided for hiM by Messrs: ,COLMAN, DIEDIN, T. and C. DtantN, REYNOLDS, and other wits. He means to visit other places during the summer recess, and will probably come home with his Budget full of gold. joUrneyrnan cutler yesterday, in Oxford-st!eet, eat sik' pounds of beef steaks, and drank a gallon of porter, tor a wager of a crown, which he performed v( , ith ease, having; as he remarked, been very % sharp, set. - Madarne DE GENLIS, to whom' the public are indebted for s 6. many -excellent - works, has lately produced, at Paris; a pew histor \ ical Romance, en, titled," Bet r rzire, . The genuine French Edition, with Notes, and also the English Translation, is , we understand; to be published this day - by COLBURN, Of Concillil-fitteei. • . . PARSONS GREEN FAlR.—This rural annual Fair commenced on Wednesday, amidst' a 'numerous i. assemblage of genteel visitants residing , in the above neighbourhood. The.tents and stalls pitched on the green exhibited a very pi#uresque appearance.--; Richardson, the emperor of pageantry, ereEted a most magnificent Theatre, - and his . Sock and Buskin heroes represented a. grand Melo-Drama, Classically denominated Atnor Patria." The plot andcatas trophe of the piece did, not detain the audience more than ten minutes, but -in that short space•of time the Dranzatis.Persnnie contrived to bring the DeOf and BUONAPARTE in . Close alliance. The Corsican and his infernal banditti then 'commenced an attack upon the Spaniards, with intent to rob' them of free- dotn, and to deluge their fields Avith innocent blood. The 'objeds of the tyrant's cruelty and ambition, roused by the generous impulse of patriotism, were seen in close union, animated by a vialiant determi nation to die. or save their country. Previous to battle, the. Spaniards were joined by the Goddess. Liberty, whose honouraole front tnaile the tyrant and his troops tremble.—ln the glorious strugglei! Victory crowned the Patriot Army with 'blooming laurels; the French "were defeated, and iluonaparte, overcome by shame, disgrace and crimes, was COM.. pelled.to bide his, diminished bead in the bosom 'of his diabolical friend, who finally bore him away to the pits of Erebus. The performance and catastro,' phe, so congenial with the sentiments of every Bri— ton, r:ceiv.ed. loud plaudits from the spectators, who reLirtA highly satisfied. The sports and festivities of the Fair were continued yesterday with undimi bished eclat, and a more pleasing scene has,seldona been exhibited. , TRIAL FOIL WILEUI. INIUI(DEE. Elhateth Tophaw; the Wife Joseph T , pham, a private in the regiment . of foot, was charged with the wilful nilrdef of lonathan Topham, Ver. son, child about le months old, by administering to it a .quantity isf aqua fortis. The most material evideuce can the 4 part of the' prosecution was Sarah Ingham, who stated, that she had some acquaintance -with-the prisooer presi us to her 'marriage, and that in the- latter eml of March the prisoner, who was much disfigured by blows she stated to' have received from her finis' hind, came to her house and requested leave to stay until she could go to place as a servant at Hud dersfield, which .would be in a few days ; to this the witness consented ; this was, on Wednesday, the 30th of 'March In the afternoon of the same day a person brought the Prisoner's child to her (which the witness described as a healthy and most beautiful child); the Prisoner's' father with whoM it had been' left? having sent it after its mo thers On the following Friday the child was in,- disposed, and the Prisoner went to an Apothecary alcg with the witness for some mediCine. Mr. Lightfoot gave her some opening powders, one of which she was to give to her child morning and night ; in conseqUence of these poWders the child became better, but still was rather poorly. On the, following Wednesday (April 6) , about ten o'clock . in the morning, the child fell asleep, and was taked by its mother up stairs to bed; when it slept untik 'l2 o'clock, the Prisoner not going up stairs in the interval, when they were alarmed by a sudden shriek ; the prisoner instantly ran up stairs, and in . about five minutes called the . witness, who limns- F diateiy went to her; the child' lay upon - its mo ther's breast, and vomited much ; the Prisoner said the child bad had aft, and she.svould.take it to Great Horton' (a distance of six miles) to die, as her father was so fond-of the child that he would • not be satisfied if it died elsewhere ; the witness re monstrated against this, observing that the weather was very rainy, and the child would' get cold ; the, Prisoner, however, immediately left the house, and that without putting 'on 'any cloak to proteEts her from the rain. The witness followed her with nice, which she wrapped round her and the child, and ac companied. her about a, mile. Witness offered to carry the child, but the Prisoner said it, would not be quiet with a stranger. The witness also stated, that on the preceding Sunday she'found a small vial containing aqua fortis in the Prisoner's bed ; Prisoner said it was , a medicine for a disease her huS band had communicated to her—that she was to take it at four times, but witness said site never saw het take it. The witness also prieduccd a neck hand - 7; kerchief belonging to the Prisoner, which was eaten full of holes by aqua fortis. On her •cross-examination, she said' the Prisoner appeared very fond of her . child, and manifested much anxiety during its indisposition, and went three times to the apothecary for medicine for it in'the course of the same -day. Witness prOceeded to state, that on the following night (Thursday) the Prisoner returned about twelveO'clocktoher house, and requested to stay until morning; she said her child was dead, and she wished the witness.lo go to the apothecary with her for a certificate that the child had been previously ill, as 'the constable voultt not permit it to be buried without Such a-certiti .cate, The witness complied with this request, but Mr. Lightfoot refused the -certificate ; and, it, an swer to a question .as to the nature of the medicine he had ordered for the child, he said if the i'rison had given it nothing worse, the child would not haVe been hurt. The 'Prisoner made no 4 - eply to this ob- servation. • . Ann Dewhirst, of Great Horton, proved that the Prisoner came to her , house accompanied by her sister, on the afternoon of We'dnesday the'fith of March, the Prisenersaid-her Father refused to atunt her into his house. The child died about nine o'clock the same evening. This winless said the - Prisoner was very fond of her child, fonder than she should htive been in her circumstances.--Mr. Shar i ', SOrgeon, of Bradford stated, that he opened child and examined the stomach, and from his exa minatiou was enabled to state, that the child died in consequence of its having received some nitrous acid, commonly called AqUa Fortis, into its stomach,w•hich was•entirely -corroded. He said the intr. ns acid tntist have produced-instant vomiting the moment it reached the stomach ; .the head and face of the child was Much burnt by the acid. • Dr. Mossman confirmedthc testimony of the pre ceding Witness ; he also stated, that the Aqua k'ortiq was a fashionable remedy .for the ye7,-rel di ease. In answer to 'a question put by the Prisoner's cunt - sel, he said-he believed the Prisoner was very attached to her child,• and he was inclined opinion, because he had known the mother to be at-- wally starving forfood when \ the child appeared be well and thriving. The Judge summed up very favourably for t'he' Prisoher; and dwelt upon the extreme iinprol'eii lity of a mother, who - bad always • eviticd finch tender affeation tOr her child, wilfully murderial. it ; and it appeared infinitely - more probable' that the child had by some accident got hold of the vial containing the aqua fortis,' and putting -it to its month, as young children are apt to do, .shoul:1 have poured its contents down its throat 3 —ais postiou • the ..more 'probable, as it was said in eyi dence that this vial had• before-been left in bed by-- the Prisoner ; the face and hands of the child Were also much burnt, which much strengthened the supposition of the child having occationed its own death. The Jury should never -presume guilt, and should never inter it, except - from circumstances whiCh coaled full and complete conviction t o t h e mind.' The Jury ,instantly acqpitted the Prisoner. SMITHFIELD MARKET, AUG, This day's market was tolerably well supplied with different kinds of Cattle; Mutton, Veal, Pork, and • Lamb are cheaper than cur last report; Beet" sup-, ports last price, and the trade for the most part was somewhat fiat. The safes in the Haymarket were • Lather dull ; Hay Ind' Straw have fallen in price since Monday's market; Clover*-obtained a better price.—The undermentioned prices and numbers are an accurate statement : To sink the Offal per Mlle of Sib. Beef 4s. od. to ss. od.—Mutton 4s. ad. to ss. od. to 6s. 6d.-Lamb 4s. od. to 6s. od. 7 —Pork ss. od to os. od. Beasts, sio,---Sl4cep and Lambs, 8,4QQ. 7 --Calvc..s, l Pigs, 300. • ~' XI 1 t" at lf g